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Who's Who - Royalty

King George V This sub-section of the Who's Who category of the site contains folio biographies of monarchs and their heirs who presided over nations at war from 1914-18.

Many were deprived of their crowns by the time war closed, as defeat and revolution gripped their countries.

Few emerged with their position even more secure, as did Britain's King George V.

More typical were abdications such as those by the German Kaiser and the Russian Tsar.

Biographies Description
BelgiumKing Albert I Belgium
SerbiaKing Alexander I Serbia/Yugoslavia
RussiaTsarina Alexandra Russia
RomaniaKing Carol I Romania
GreeceKing Constantine I Greece
Austria-HungaryFranz Ferdinand Austria-Hungary
RomaniaKing Ferdinand I Romania
BulgariaTsar Ferdinand I Bulgaria
Austria-HungaryEmperor Franz Josef I Austria-Hungary
United KingdomKing George V United Kingdom
Austria-HungaryEmperor Karl I/Charles IV Austria-Hungary
Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed V Turkey
Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed VI Turkey
RussiaGrand Duke Mikhail Monarch
RussiaTsar Nicholas II Russia
SerbiaKing Peter I Serbia/Yugoslavia
ItalyKing Vittorio Emanuele III Italy
GermanyKaiser Wilhelm II Germany
GermanyCrown Prince Wilhelm Germany

Observation balloons were referred to as 'sausages'.

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